Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front

The Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front (ARIF) was a Rohingya insurgent group active in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). The group was made up of Rohingya fighters led by Nurul Islam, a Yangon-educated lawyer. The group was created after uniting the remnants of the Rohingya Patriotic Front (RPF) and a defecting faction of the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO) that was under the command of Nurul Islam.^[2][3]

Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front
Leaders	Nurul Islam
Dates of operation	1986 (1986)–1998 (1998)[1]
Active regions	Rakhine State, Myanmar
Ideology	Rohingya nationalism
Opponents	Union of Myanmar
Battles and wars	Internal conflict in Myanmar Rohingya conflict
Preceded by Rohingya Patriotic Front Rohingya Solidarity Organisation Succeeded by Arakan Rohingya National Organisation Rohingya National Army

On 28 October 1998, the ARIF merged with the RSO and formed the Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO), operating in-exile in Cox's Bazar.^[1] The Rohingya National Army (RNA) was established as its armed wing.

It was responsible for a bomb attack on a military target in Maungdaw, Rakhine State, on 10 November 1991. It killed eight people.^[4]